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psychology

Couple kissing

Humans

Love at first sight is really just lust or even false memory

One in three people say they’ve felt love at first sight, but experiments suggest the phenomenon is actually just physical attraction or distorted memories

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After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up

Life

After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up

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calendar artwork

Humans

Calendar synaesthesia: The people who can see time

Features

Punch and Judy

Humans

Six-year-olds will pay to see bad guys get their comeuppance

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Trump supporters

Humans

Effortless thinking: Why we're all born to be status quo fans

Features

cross in ice

Humans

Effortless thinking: The god-shaped hole in your brain

Features

football hooligans

Humans

Effortless thinking: Adapting our need to feel part of the gang

Features

Destruction in Raqqa, Syria

Technology

Destruction of war-torn Syria brought to London by AI

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Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

Life

Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

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Putting a face on hallucinations aids symptoms of schizophrenia

Health

Putting a face on hallucinations aids symptoms of schizophrenia

Interacting with a digital representation of a hallucinated voice can reduce the power it has over people with schizophrenia, and the distress it causes

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Humans

Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

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Humans

What makes you a psychopath or an extreme altruist?

Culture

Humans

Grand delusions: Why we all believe the weirdest things

Features

Health

How social stress makes your brain vulnerable to depression

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